Get to know Oilman better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like businessman.
Oilman in a sentence
Oilman meaning
- Somebody involved in the production, refinement or delivery of oil; such as an oil field worker or executive, or the owner of an oil well.
- A retailer who sells vegetable oils, and food preserved in oil
Synonyms of Oilman
Using Oilman
- The main meaning on this page is: Somebody involved in the production, refinement or delivery of oil; such as an oil field worker or executive, or the owner of an oil well. | A retailer who sells vegetable oils, and food preserved in oil
- Useful related words include: businessman, man of affairs, skilled worker, trained worker.
- In the example corpus, oilman often appears in combinations such as: texas oilman, oilman and.
Context around Oilman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oilman
- In this selection, "oilman" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, texas, wealthy, secretary, told and left stand out and add context to how "oilman" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a texas oilman eager to and a wealthy oilman and philanthropist. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oilman" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oilman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She resisted the ex-oilman’s efforts to limit press access, reduce briefings and limit journalists allowed to travel with him. (21 words)
With him are his Spanish-born mother and his father, a Texas oilman eager to capitalize on Franco’s new openness to foreign investment. (24 words)
His late uncle Max Fisher, a wealthy oilman and philanthropist, was a prominent benefactor of institutions like Ohio State University and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. (25 words)
Brown has also indicated, on LinkedIn and elsewhere, that while at the Woods Family Office, he spent years advising famed Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens on renewable energy investments, and that he launched a joint venture with Pickens’ Mesa Power. (40 words)
Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson will be nominated as Trump's secretary of state, setting up a potential confirmation battle with U.S. lawmakers who have questioned the oilman's relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (39 words)
Oilman and state Rep. Larry Scott of Hobbs is competing against rancher and recently appointed state Sen. Steve McCutcheon of Carlsbad for control of a Senate district in the heart of southeastern New Mexico’s oil economy. (37 words)
Example sentences (12)
Brown has also indicated, on LinkedIn and elsewhere, that while at the Woods Family Office, he spent years advising famed Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens on renewable energy investments, and that he launched a joint venture with Pickens’ Mesa Power.
His late uncle Max Fisher, a wealthy oilman and philanthropist, was a prominent benefactor of institutions like Ohio State University and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
This endeavor was hatched by Henry Kissinger’s economically illiterate protégés at the National Security Council and Bush’s Texas oilman, Secretary of State James Baker.
An oilman told me, and he’s a great guy, a very successful guy, they say he looks at a piece of land, he takes a straw.
Oilman and state Rep. Larry Scott of Hobbs is competing against rancher and recently appointed state Sen. Steve McCutcheon of Carlsbad for control of a Senate district in the heart of southeastern New Mexico’s oil economy.
He dominated the screen with his portrayal of the ruthless, scheming and manipulative J.R. Ewing, a wealthy Texas oilman who stops at nothing to get what he wants, either in his business or personal lives.
After more than 40 years at Exxon, the Texas oilman left to serve as Republican President Donald Trump’s first secretary of state, from February 2017 until Trump fired him by tweet little over a year later.
With him are his Spanish-born mother and his father, a Texas oilman eager to capitalize on Franco’s new openness to foreign investment.
Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson will be nominated as Trump's secretary of state, setting up a potential confirmation battle with U.S. lawmakers who have questioned the oilman's relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Nigeria was among the countries included on Trump’s ex-secretary of state Rex Tillerson’s Africa tour last month — though the former Texas oilman cut short the trip just before the US president sacked him.
She resisted the ex-oilman’s efforts to limit press access, reduce briefings and limit journalists allowed to travel with him.
Dahl socialized with Texas publisher and oilman Charles E. Marsh at his house at 2136 R Street, NW, and the Marsh country estate in Virginia.
Common combinations with oilman
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: